Kentucky Teacher Network for Excellence in Civic Education and Engagement Professional Development Opportunity
What is the purpose of the professional development?
· Design a standards-based unit of study on Federalism
· Engage students with government and civics content
· Apply concepts of Federalism to the State of Kentucky
· Involve students with local and state service learning opportunities
Who should participate?
Kentucky public high school social studies/civic educators
When and where?
· Three, two-day face to face meetings (Friday evening [5-9 pm EST]/Saturday morning and afternoon [8:30-3:30 EST]*) Fall 2007-Spring 2008 at the University of Louisville (Oct. 12 and 13, Nov. 2 and 3, Dec. 7 and 8)
· January 2008 follow up meeting at the University of Louisville (TBA)
· Facilitated online professional learning community accessible and used Fall 2007-June 2008
*Contact Tim Holman if interested but Friday/Saturday meeting times are a conflict for personal/professional reasons
What opportunities will I have if I participate?
· Enhance my content knowledge in the areas of government, democracy, history, and law.
· Enhance my knowledge and understanding of government and civics standards including national standards and the revised Kentucky Program of Studies and Core Content for Assessment version 4.1.
· Understand the process of curriculum mapping and design curriculum maps for a government and civics course and/or social studies course(s).
· Gain an understanding of and design assessments Of (summative) and For (formative) learning.
· Design standards-based units of study aligned with Wiggins and McTighe’s, Understanding by Design.
· Integrate Tomlinson’s, Differentiated Instruction, within standards-based units of study.
· Enhance my knowledge and use of technology and student use of technology with government and civics content.
· Develop opportunities for students to discuss local, national, and international current events and issues and connect those discussions to broader concepts of government and civics.
· Develop opportunities for students to apply course content to local and state community/service learning opportunities and connect with their Individual Learning Plan.
How much does the training cost?
The training is FREE (We pay you!)
Participants will receive:
· a $1000 stipend for attending ALL trainings and submitting standards-based units of study design tasks
· valuable job-embedded professional development experience that will provide resources and materials aligned with the training content
· opportunity to engage with educators in a professional learning community
· meals, lodging* , and mileage** reimbursement or expenses will be paid for by the University of Louisville. (*The University of Louisville will make all hotel reservations for interested participants, **participants will receive $.49 per mile traveled, to and from training)
· Option to receive graduate credit from the University of Louisville.
· Teachers who are interested in receiving graduate level credit will be required to follow the University of Louisville’s graduate school admission requirements.
· Teachers are responsible for paying tuition and related expenses related to the credit hours.
· Eligible teachers who received a waiver for course credit from supervising KTIP interns may apply the waiver to this work.
How do I apply?
· Please complete the attached application form to participate. Selected applicants will be asked to be a part of a research study.
· (Reply by Sept. 21st 5:00 PM EST by e-mailing completed application to Tim Holman tim.holman@louisville.edu or fax 502-852-0159. Please DO NOT mail application).
· Applicants will be notified of their acceptance to participate by September 24th, 2007.
· Contact Tim Holman at 502-852-1307 or tim.holman@louisville.edu with any questions.
The Kentucky Teacher Network for Excellence in Civic Education and Engagement is a partnership between the University of Louisville, Kentucky Department of Education, and the Kentucky Workgroup on Civic Education.
You can visit http://www.louisville.edu/education/civics for more information about the Network.